Today's finds are coming to you from the kitchen, and just in time for the weekend!
We have never been big fans of pancakes - at all. Sure, we'd have them when we were camping and maybe twice throughout the year (usually when the kids begged for them). I'd take the box out of the pantry, add the water, and voila! Or not - they turned out fine, but never really tasted very good, and I've tried plenty of recipes from scratch, with poor results. I had all but given up on them...
But things are lookin' up!! I have found the 2 most amazing pancake recipes on earth. Yes-siree! We now have pancakes nearly every weekend and we never get tired of them. I even keep them in the freezer and the kids have them during the week. Between these and
steel cut oats, we have it made in the shade!
I have adapted (slightly) the first recipe from
Smitten Kitchen and they deserve a standing ovation. And that's
before adding the butter and maple syrup!
Oatmeal Pancakes
3/4 cup oat flour (put 1 c oats in a blender and whiz it until it's ground up)
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 1/4 cups milk
1 cup cooked oatmeal (I use
steel cut oats)
1 tablespoon honey
2 eggs
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl.
Cook.
Add a dallop of butter and drizzle with maple syrup.
Photo Credit
I adapted the second recipe from
The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook
and these pancakes are awesome!
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Combine in bowl 1:
1 1/4 c whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 TBSP sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Combine in bowl 2:
8 egg whites
1 c cottage cheese
1 c plain yogurt
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine.
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl.
Cook.
Top with whipped cream (real cream, do NOT use the spray stuff!) and strawberries.
Give them a try! Oh, and don't forget to share your favorite recipes with us! :)
